cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsStudy: Academic Readiness Gaps Closing but SlowlyDespite the narrowing readiness gaps, they remain large and in fact progress is so slow that at the rate that improvements are occurring, it will take at least 60 years for disparities to be eliminated.August 28, 2016StudentsBinghamton University Responds to Criticism over #StopWhitePeople2K16A public university in New York says the #StopWhitePeople2K16 used as the title of a recent training session was chosen for its irony and the session ― about diversity ― wasn’t anti-White. A Binghamton University administrator issued an explanation Wednesday as the title and criticism of it made the rounds on social media. The optional, […]August 25, 2016StudentsFraternity Suspends Texas A&M Chapter after Student’s DeathCOLLEGE STATION, Texas ― The Sigma Nu fraternity has suspended all activities of its Kappa Sigma chapter at Texas A&M University following the death by drug overdose of a member last weekend. A statement Thursday from the Lexington, Virginia-based fraternity announced the suspension while an investigation into the death of 19-year-old Anton Gridnev of Frisco […]August 25, 2016STEMDoctors Ask Feds to Probe Use of Live Animals at Med SchoolCOLUMBIA, S.C. ― The emergency-medicine training program at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine violates federal law by using live animals, according to a complaint filed Thursday by a doctors group that seeks alternatives to using animals in medical education and research. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Physicians […]August 25, 2016StudentsDiverse Docket: Ousted Ohio State Band Director Loses Bias SuitThe ousted marching band director at The Ohio State University has lost his Title IX suit accusing the school of gender bias.August 25, 2016StudentsColleges Work to be More Family FriendlyTimes are changing and colleges and universities are scrambling to keep up — at least when it comes to family benefits for employees.August 25, 2016StudentsMilitants Attack American University in AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan ― Militants attacked the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to an Associated Press photographer who was in class at the time. Massoud Hossaini said he was in a classroom with 15 students when he heard an explosion on the southern flank of the campus. “I went to the window to see […]August 24, 2016StudentsEx-University of Arkansas Student Files Lawsuit in Rape CaseFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ― A former student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the school acted with “deliberate indifference” after she reported that she was raped by another student. The lawsuit was filed Monday, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. It alleges the university violated Title IX, a federal law that […]August 24, 2016StudentsACT Scores Show Many Grads not Ready for College-level WorkWASHINGTON ― The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year’s high school graduates aren’t ready for college-level course work. In its annual score report released Wednesday, the testing company said only 38 percent of graduating seniors who took the exam hit the college-prepared benchmark in at least three of […]August 24, 2016Leadership & PolicyFAMU Board Fails to Extend Mangum’s ContractThe Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has for the second time this summer declined an opportunity to extend the contract of the historically Black institution’s president, Elmira Mangum.August 24, 2016Previous PagePage 672 of 3225Next Page
